Within 15 days after the designation of the neutral, the court or its designee, who may be the neutral, shall notify the parties in writing of the date, time, and place for the ADR process unless the order of referral specifies the date, time, and place.

According to the Study on the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the European Union (Civic Consulting, 2009) (hereinafter--the Study), ADR mechanisms are highly diverse, not only across the European Union, but also within the Member States.

The EPA center was established under the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996, which requires each federal agency to have a dispute resolution specialist on staff and to develop an ADR policy.

The site features daily updates of regulatory, legislative and judicial activities related to ADR, and an online library of over one thousand statutes, court rules, private-sector ADR standards and policy documents.

The benefits of ADR are that costs are lower, disposition is faster and privacy is maintained," says Toni Griffin, a spokeswoman for the American Arbitration Association, a nonprofit organization that provides impartial mediators and arbitrators to hear and resolve cases.

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